Engineering Contracts And Specifications

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS.
to date from the time that the said engineer gives due notice thereof to said contractor.
Alterations. P. It is further agreed that the city engineer may make alterations in the line, grade, plan, form, position, dimensions, or material of the work herein contemplated, or of any part thereof, either before or after the commencement of construction. If such alterations diminish the quantity of work to be done, they shall not constitute a claim for damages, or for anticipated profits on the work that may be dispensed with; if they increase the amount of work, such increase shall be paid for according to the quantity actually done, and at the price established for such work under this contract; or in case there is no price established, it shall be paid for at its actual reasonable cost as determined by the city engineer, plus fifteen per cent, of said cost.
\ SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDING DAM NO. 5 OF THE
—- SUDBURY RIVER WORKS.
Plans.
Borings.
General De Bcripticm.
O. i. The contractor is to furnish all the material and do all the work necessary to build a dam on the Stony Brook branch of the Sudbury river near the site of Nichol's Mill, so called, in the town of South-borough, Mass. The dam to be in accordance with plans marked Dam No. 5, dated June 16, 1893, signed by William Jackson, city engineer, and filed in the office of the city engineer, City Hall, Boston. The work will also be built in conformity with these specifications.
These plans show only the general character of the work, and during its progress such working plans will be furnished from time to time by the engineer as he may deem necessary.
The character of the materials to be met with, as shown on said plans, is the result of such examinations as the city of Boston has been able to make; but no guarantee is made as to the accuracy of the borings or test pits or the representations on the plans.
2. The dam is to be built partly of masonry and partly of earth, approximately on the lines shown ; but if the character of the materials or circumstances arise which render it advisable to change the location of the dam or to change the plans of the dam the city of Boston expressly reserves the right so to do without payment of damages to the contractor, but